Mary Kay Ash, the cosmetics queen is credited for saying “People are definitely a company’s greatest asset.” I believe many executives and entrepreneurs would agree. But how much time and money have we spent as entrepreneurs on making bad hiring decisions? I’m sure you’ve heard some whoppers
Read more →Have you ever bought a restaurant meal you couldn’t finish? I think we all have. Have you ever bought a clothing item you never wore after you got it home? Take a look in your closet now and see if you have any articles with the price
Read more →Thanks to CNN, you can now find news channels that cover the stock market all day long. There’senough advice out there on how to invest, so why do I want to cover this topic? Because you won’t find my investment suggestions on any financial news network. The
Read more →I had a chance to meet eWomen Network founder Sandra Yancey a month or two ago when she spoke to the Palo Alto, CA chapter. She sat by me, eating her lunch. The program had already started, so we didn’t have a chance to say hello. Then
Read more →I don’t want to stress you out, but we really do need to do something about our stress levels. The last survey that came out of the American Psychological Association showed that our kids are getting headaches, having difficulty sleeping, and eating too little or too much
Read more →Did you see the movie “The Bucket List?” Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson played men who didn’t have too long to live. They each wrote up a bucket list, a list of things they wanted to do or accomplish before they kicked the bucket (as we say
Read more →Three years ago, I decided to hire a vendor and we agreed on the hourly rate. Everything went fine until the first checkpoint. I wanted to know how much was done on the project and I was shocked to find out only about a third of what
Read more →You’d think in the beautiful valley of Napa, CA that everything is wine and roses and families have no problems, but this school district has their share of dropouts and delinquents just like any district in the US. The three high school teachers I met with last
Read more →In this environment, you’ve likely looked everywhere for revenue and profit boosts to your business. Hopefully you have the basics covered, such as using low-cost marketing strategies to boost revenues and attract new clients, slashing expenses to keep margins high as possible, and rolling out deals and
Read more →I know it’s a bold statement and a lot of you will disagree. But please have an open mind and hear me out. Time is the great equalizer. We all have the same number of hours in a day, yet some entrepreneurs, many of them self-made, become
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